Felix Miata wrote:
The author here is the lead layout developer in the Mozilla project:
http://dbaron.org/log/2005-12#e20051228a
Well, I don't read anything in the author's cited reference for CSS floats -
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#floats - to imply that floats
were intended
...
I don't think the Baron reference is sufficient evidence for the
assertion that using floats for layout is an abuse of them. On the
contrary, I have seen several references in the last few years that
stated floats *were* the preferred layout method by the W3C CSS working
group.
...
I am
On 06/03/13 21:35 Paula Petrik apparently typed:
When I read the W3C specs (not the most riveting exercise on the
planet), it seems that the developers emphasize absolute positioning.
For example, they describe using floats to float small bits of text or
images. It seems, however, that floats
The main reason I dont use absolute positioning for all my layout is
that most of the sites I build require footers at the base of the page
content.
With every page of differing content length the only way to achieve
this is to float and then clear for the footer.
Thats just me. There are wiser
Paula Petrik wrote:
When I read the W3C specs (not the most riveting exercise on the
planet), it seems that the developers emphasize absolute positioning.
For example, they describe using floats to float small bits of text or
images. It seems, however, that floats have become the order of the
On Mar 14, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Paula Petrik wrote:
When I read the W3C specs (not the most riveting exercise on the
planet), it seems that the developers emphasize absolute
positioning. For example, they describe using floats to float small
bits of text or images. It seems, however, that
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Subject: [WSG] Absolute Positioning-A Naive Question (Maybe)
When I read the W3C specs (not the most riveting exercise on the planet),
it seems
Felix Todd,
Felix, nice to know that I'm in good company. Todd and Phillipe, I
think that the footer business is the sticking point. But what is
sacred about a footer? What information goes into a footer that could
not go elsewhere? This has me puzzled. In the table days, the most
Paula Petrik wrote:
When I read the W3C specs (not the most riveting exercise on the
planet), it seems that the developers emphasize absolute
positioning.
For example, they describe using floats to float small bits of text
or images. It seems, however, that floats have become the order of
the
